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I feel much dumber after clicking through that stupid slideshow.

That's what happens when you look purely at statistics. Yeah, Crean was starting to get on the hot seat before this seasons started, but he earned every penny from IU just this year. He built IU all the way back from Kelvin Sampson's leftovers. When he came in, he literally had MAC-level talent on his team.

Billy Donovan is a bit overpaid, but it's because he's leveraged a lot of money out of UF. That's what happens when you nearly take the Magic and UK jobs.

I can't stand Cal, I know he has not won a national championship yet, nor has he lost a home game at Rupp.

My thoughts as well. The article is as shallow as can be and the writer is clueless. I'm sure Calipari's hiring and success at Kentucky has meant huge donations to the BB program, better TV money, etc.. Not to mention one of the most storied programs in college BB history once more becoming a perennial top 5 program.

Was this in Forbes or Bleacher Report?

I bit the bullet and saved you from Forbes' latest cheapass attempt at slide show page clicks.

John Beilein

University of Michigan
Salary: $1.75 million
W-L: 384-252 (.604)
Tournament Appearances: 7
Final Fours: 0
Titles: 0 Solid veteran coach has taken four schools to the big dance, though the Wolverines are 43-47 in the Big 10 during his five years.

John Calipari

University of Kentucky Salary: $4 million
W-L: 501-154 (.765)
Tournament Appearances: 14
Final Fours: 3
Titles: 0 Supreme recruiter wins like crazy, but the top paycheck in the country over Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams, Jim Calhoun and Tom Izzo? Win a couple of championships first.

Travis Ford

Oklahoma State University
Salary: $1.8 million
W-L: 201-166 (.548)
Tournament Appearances: 3
Final Fours: 0
Titles: 0 Second lowest career winning percentage among coaches making over a million dollars a year. Oklahoma State is sub-.500 (30-33) in Big 12 play during Ford’s four years there.

Billy Donovan

University of Florida
Salary: $3.5 million
W-L: 420-177 (.704)
Tournament Appearances: 11
Final Fours: 3
Titles: 2 Clearly one of the nation’s top coaches, the salary is just a bit outsized compared to most other A-listers. Donovan's flirtation with the NBA Orlando Magic a few years ago didn't hurt his paycheck.

Tom Crean

Indiana University
Salary: $2.3 million
W-L: 245-170 (.590)
Tournament Appearances: 5
Final Fours: 1
Titles: 0 To be fair – Crean has the Hoosiers on the right track with a Sweet 16 appearance this year after three straight losing seasons that followed NCAA sanctions tied to his predecessor, Kelvin Sampson

Oliver Purnell

DePaul University
Salary: $1.8 million
W-L: 413-323 (.561)
Tournament Appearances: 6
Final Fours: 0
Titles: 0 After going 50-62 in ACC play during a seven-year run at Clemson, Purnell is trying to resurrect DePaul. It’s been slow going so far – he’s finished last in the Big East in each of his first two seasons.

Sean Miller

University of Arizona

Salary: $2.3 million
W-L: 188-81 (.699)
Tournament Appearances: 5
Final Fours: 0
Titles: 0 Miller has taken Xavier and Arizona to a combined five NCAA tournaments over the past seven years, including the Wildcats’ Elite Eight showing last year. But he makes about as much as the more accomplished Thad Matta and Roy Williams.

Bill Self

University of Kansas
Salary: $3 million
W-L: 473-157 (.751)
Tournament Appearances: 14
Final Fours: 1
Titles: 1 Similar to Donovan – Self is clearly a great coach, but the paycheck is a reach relative to the rest of the field.

Mike Anderson

University of Arkansas
Salary: $2.2 million
W-L: 218-113 (.659)
Tournament Appearances: 6
Final Fours: 0
Titles: 0 Lured by the Razorbacks in 2011 from Missouri, where he upgraded the talent base over his five years. Still looking for his first Final Four.

Mark Turgeon

University of Maryland
Salary: $1.6 million
W-L: 266-174 (.605)
Tournament Appearances: 5
Final Fours: 0
Titles: 0 Got a sweet to deal to jump from Texas A&M this year to replace the retired Gary Williams. Turgeon took the Aggies to four straight tourneys but never past the second round.

This article completely ignores the fact that Cal's Memphis team vacated that final four? Cool.

he didn't even have MAC level talent...he had GLIAC talent at best

Oliver Prunell, Mike Anderson, Beline, and Mark Turgeon are probably the only ones who belong on this list.